‘Society of the Snow’ Director J.A. Bayona and His Team of Artisans on Their Unique Approach to Telling the Emotional Story | How I Did It

Composer Michael Giacchino, a longtime friend of Bayona, scored a scene the morning after screening an early cut of the Netflix film

Adam Chitwood, TheGrill 2023

When it came to telling the true story behind a plane crash in the Andes that left 29 passengers stranded in an extreme environment, “Society of the Snow” filmmaker J.A. Bayona said he wanted to take “almost like a philosophical approach.” Based on the book of the same name by Pablo Vierci, which itself is based on interviews conducted five years after the crash, Bayona said the film felt like a spiritual undertaking in TheWrap’s latest episode of How I Did It, presented by Netflix.

“Society of the Snow” chronicles the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 that went down in the heart of the Andes in 1972, killing 16 passengers and leaving the other 29 to band together and survive under harsh conditions.

Adam Chitwood, TheGrill 2023

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